Best Damn Tech Show, Period 07.03.07
BEST DAMN NEWS
iPhone hype. reviews have started flooding in and can be summarized by the following points.
Its expensive. At $500 and $600, many are shirking at the costs although essentially youre getting an ipod and PDA and phone all in one.
Its not 3G. True and big point. Apparently the EDGE system in excrutiatingly slow.
Its hard to use. Apparently the touch screen takes some getting used to but after some initial frustration, its quite convenient.
And that youre stuck with AT&T regularly considered the worst service.
People have been waiting in line for days, the hype is off the hook, it looks wonderful but were probably holding off for now.
Cyberbullying getting out of hand in the US with 1/3 of teenagers have been victim to it.
AROUND THE WORLD WIDE WEB
A report out of the UK says sites like Facebook and Bebo are starting to pull closer to MySpace as it start to level out. People also staying on those sites longer.
SCHMIDT FACED
Facebook faces off
IRIS ON THE VIRUS
TECH IT OUT
MySpace rebranding their video service, touted by some to be the YouTube killer. Now its MySpace TV.
Nintendo opens up the Wii for the first time to independent video game developers.
From the so 5 years ago files, Microsoft is now offering file storage to the tune of a whopping 500MB. Called Microsoft Live Folders this revolutionary product is sure to drive you to AOL for 5GB.
Not to be left behind though, Microsoft are now getting into the PC making game, partnering up with Zenith and selling in India for the equivalent of $525 and called the IQ PC.
Straight from the geek chic files, Scott Walker has come up with a cool use of a mac mini. Dubbed The Digital Newstand this product would be a cool addition to any geeks house. Here is a video of it in action. http://macenstein.com/default/archives/686
Kevin Roses new system www.pownce.com was slammed on initial reviews but looks to have twitterers in a flitter. While it has its shortcomings it is touted as an IM with balls.
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SITE OF THE WEEK
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July 4th, 2007 at 12:59 pm
fun show. what’s with all the closeups of dr. drew’s face on that flickr window. i feel like i’m browsing through the phil collins cd’s.
July 4th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
hey…first i’m out of the hosting chair. now i’m not even in the credits anymore. that hurts guys. just for that i’m not bringing beer to the taping next week!
July 4th, 2007 at 5:42 pm
I always leave someone out of the credits, this week it was you! Yay! You Won!
July 6th, 2007 at 10:13 am
I think its a sign Iggs. You may know about bluetooth but not of your imminent demise. You only WISH you were browsing Phil Collins CD’s.
July 10th, 2007 at 6:06 pm
Iggs,
Thanks for featuring our product on your website! Our tentative scheduled
launch is at the end of the summer. We’re really excited about getting the
chumby out there and into the public’s hands.
Much Appreciated,
Sam
Chumby Support